Printing-machine.



Patented Dec. 25, I900.

T. M. NORTH.

PRINTING MACHINE.

(Application filed Apr. 5, 1900. J

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THOMAS M. NORTH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNEASSIGNMENTS, To ROBERT HOE AND CHARLES w. OARPENTER, OF SAME PLACE.

PRINTIVNG- SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 664,574,dated December 25, 1900.

ApplioationfiledAprilS,1900. Serial No. 11,692. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS M. NO T a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain and Ireland, residing at New York, county of Kings, and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPrinting-Machines, fully described and represented in the followingspecification and the accompanying drawings, forminga part of the same.

This invention relates to certain improvements in printing machinery.

It is frequently desirable in printing-offices to issue a paper whichshall consist of the ordinary newspaper and a magazine supplement,tl1emagazine being inserted into or folded with the newspaperand the twocoming out of the machine as a single product.

It is one of the objects of this invention to produce a machine which isoapacitated to associate with a newspaper of the ordinary kind amagazine,the two being folded together and delivered from the machine asa Single product.

A further object of the invention is to producea machine which iscapacitated to print a newspaper and a magazine supplement therefor, toforward the printed products, collecting them where necessary, and toassociate them so that the machine will deliver a product consisting ofa newspaper and a magazine, the two being folded together.

With these and other objects in View the invention consists in certainconstructions and in certain parts, improvements, and combinations, aswill be hereinafter fully described and then specifically pointed out inthe claims hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, andin which like 7 characters of reference indicate the same parts, Figurel is a front elevation of the asmatic elevation in perspective, showingthe arrangement of the printing-couples used in the machine and the websprinted thereby. Fig. 6 is a view of the newspaper portion of theproduct. Fig. 7 is a view of the magazine portion of the product, andFig. 8 is a view of the newspaper and magazine portion, assembled. I

The machine shown in the drawings, which illustrate a concreteembodiment of the invention forming the subject of this application,employs four double-wide printing-couples which may be arranged in anysuitable manner in the machine, the product of two of the couplesforming the newspaper part of the product and the product of the othertwo couples forming the magazine part.

Referring to Fig. 5, 1 indicates the formcarrying member, and 2 theimpression member, of the couple which operates to print on one side ofthe web which is to form the newspaper portion of the product. Theform-carrying member of the second couple is indicated at3 and thecorresponding impression member at .4. The web which is printed andperfected by these couples and which forms the newspaper portion of theproduct is marked A. The form-carrying mem ber of the couple whichdelivers the first impression on the web B, which is to form themagazine portion of the product, is marked 5 and the correspondingimpression member 6. The formcarrying member of the couple whichperfects this web is marked 7and the impression member 8.

It may be here remarked that the magazine thermore, while the two webs AB are of the same size, the webs are so printed that two pages of theweb A, which is to formal part of the newspaper, correspond in size tofour pages of the web B, which is to form a part of the magazine.

In the form of the machine shown the double-wide web Aafter beingprinted is converted into two webs, this being effected by a slitter,which may be of any usual or desired form. This slitter in the machineshown consists of an ordinary rotating wheel 9, cooperating with a roll,(not shown,) which may bedriven in any suitable manner from any rotatingpart of the machine. Afterleaving the slitter the two parts of the'webpass over turning-bars 11 and 12. These turning-bars transfer one partof the Web laterally and superpose the two parts in the ordinary manner.After the parts of the web have been thus superposed they pass betweenguiderollers 13 and then between ordinary cutting and folding cylinders14 and 15, the foldingcylinder being provided with folding-blades 16.The present machine, as has been said,

is designed to produce an eight-page newspaper. The folding-blades 16are therefore arranged to tuck 0E at each half-revolution of thecylinder, the tucked-off product passing between guide-rollers l7 and18.

The Web B, which is to form the magazine portion of the product, afterleaving the printing-cylinders is converted into two webs. To efiectthis, the Web runs under a slitter 19, said slitter cooperating with aroll, (not shown,) after which the webs pass over turning-bars 21 22, bywhich one part of the web is transferred laterally. After leaving theturning-bar 21 the under portion of the web passes aroundsuitably-located guides 23 and 24; .The upper portion of the web afterleaving the turning-bar 22 preferably runs over a pasting-disk 25, whichapplies a line of paste thereto, said line of paste of course runninglongitudinally of the web. This pasting device may, however, be omitted,if desired.

" After leaving the pasting-disk 2.5 this portion of the web runs over aguide 26 and then around the guide 24, where it meets the underportionof the web, and the two are pasted together by the line of pasteapplied by the disk25. The two superposed portions of the web are thenled over a guide 27 and between a pair of cutting cylinders 28 29, oneof I which-viz., the cylinder 29is in the pres ent machine arranged tocollect. Tothis end the cylinder 29 is provided with a set ofcamoperated pins 30, which are of the construction ordinarily employedin the collectingcylinders of printing-machines and which are arrangedin the present machine to operate on every second revolution of thecylinder. The cylinder 29 is also provided with acutting-block 31, whichcooperates with a knife 32, carried bythe cylinder28.

Between theguide 27 and the cylinders 28 29 there is preferably locateda paster, which is arranged to apply a line of paste between every otherpair of pages on the under one of the superposed magazine-webs. Whilethe pastel may be variously constructed to effect this function, in themachine shown it consists of a semicircular disk 33, running in theordinary fountain 34. This pasting-disk 33 may be driven from anysuitable part of the machine, and will, as is usual in suchconstructions, be driven somewhat slower than the web, so as to have awiping action thereon. It is, however, driven at asufficient speed sothat it makes a half-revolution during the time when a portion of theweb equal to the length of a printed page of the magazine is passing thepaster. It being remembered that the cylinder 29 is acollecting-cylinder, the pastor 33 is so constructed as not to apply anypaste to the first page length ofthe superposed magazine-webs takenbythe pins 30 on the cylinder 29. The paster, however, applies paste tothe top one of the superposed webs for a distance equal to the secondpage length. As the second page length is taken by the pins 30 on thecollecting-cylinder the paste thereon comes in contact with the firstpage length and the two page lengths are pasted together. The productdelivered by the cylinder 29 is therefore an unfolded product havingsixteen printed pages. In other words, the product which leaves thecylinder 29 consists of four sections of four pages each, thesesectionsbeing pasted together. On the second revolution of the cylinder29 its pins 30 are withdrawn and the associated and pasted product istaken by the pins 35 on a transfer-cylinder 36. The transfer-cylinder 36and the pins carried thereby are of the usual construction, the pinsbeing arranged to be operated to take and release the product at everysecond revolution of the cylinder.

Passing around the cylinder 36 and a guideroller 37, suitably journaledin the frame, are a set of tapes 38. A set of tapes 39 pass ;around theroller 18, before described, and 1 also around rolls 4O 41, the roll 41being 10- 1 cated on the other side of a folding mechanism, to behereinafter described. The tapes 39 fora portion of their lengthcooperate with the tapes 38, and a supporting-roller 42 is or may bearranged between the run of the tapes 39 and opposite to the roll 37.

Referring to the web A, it will be remembered that the columns of theprinted page run at right angles to the line of travel of the web. Asthe sheets are folded off the cylinder 15, therefore, the product willbe advanced with its folded edge foremost, the columns still lying atright angles to the direction of travel of the product. The productwhich passes between the rolls 17 and 18 is substantially that shown inFig. 6. As this prod uct leaves the rolls 17 and 18 it is advanced bythe tapes 39, and as it comes into contact with the tapes 38 on thecylinder 36 it meets the magazine portion of the product and the two areassociated. It will be noted that the cutting-cylinder 14, whichcooperates with the cylinder 15, is twice the diameter of the cuttingand collecting cylinders 28 and 29.

portion of the product.

The sheet length cut by the cylinders 28 29 is therefore only one-halfthe sheet length cut by the cylinders 14 15. The product out by thecylinders 14k 15 is, however, folded in half by the folding-blades 16;but the product cut by the cylinders 28 29 is not folded prior to itsassociation with its companion product. As the newspaper portion of theproduct which is folded meets the magazine portion of the product thetwo are therefore of the same size. The magazine portion of theassociated product, however, has its columns running in the direction oftravel of the product, while the newspaper portion of the product, ashas been before explained, has its columns running at right angles tothe line of travel of the product. As the two portions are associated,therefore, the columns of one portion lie at right angles to the columnsof the other portion. The two portions of the associated product arecarried forward by the tapes 39 to any suitable folding mechanism. Inthe machine shown a pair of folding-rollers 45 are arranged parallel tothe run of the tapes 39, and cooperating with these rollers is afolding-blade 46. As the associated products come beneath the blade 46they are tucked between the rolls 45 and given a fold on a line which inthe machine shown is parallel to the columns of the magazine portion ofthe product and at right angles to the columns of the newspaper By thismeans the magazine portion is given its final fold and is insertedwithin the newspaper portion. The rolls 45 deliver the product to anysuitable delivery mechanism. In the machine shown this deliverymechanism consists of the ordinary S-fiy 47, which delivers todelivery-tapes 4E8.

' The agencies by which the several operations which have been hereindescribed are performed are all well known in printing machinery and thegearing by which the several parts are driven are all'well known topersons skilled in the art. It has not been thought necessary,therefore, to illustrate or describe in detail the gearing whichoperates the several parts.

which the several operations are performed maybe widely varied incharacter and that parts of the construction can be used independentlyof other parts. The invention is not therefore to be limited to thespecific constructions by which the several operations hereinbeforedescribed are performed.

What is claimed is- 1. The combination with means for forwarding aprinted folded product having its columns parallel with the line offold, of means for associating therewith a printed product having itscolumns at right angles to the columns of the product with which it isassociated, and means for folding the associated products, substantiallyas described.

2. The combination with means for for- It is to be understood that theagencies by for associating therewith a printed producthaving itscolumns at right angles to the columns of the product with which it isassociated, and means for folding the associated products, substantiallyas described.

4. The combination with means for for-.

warding a printed product, of means for giving it a fold parallel withits columns, means for associating therewith an unfolded printed producthaving its columns at right angles to the columns of the product withwhich it is associated, and means for folding the associated products,substantially as described.

5. In a printing-machine, the combination with a printing mechanismadapted to produce two printed products, one product having its columnsat right angles to those of the other product, of means for giving oneof said products a fold on a line which is parallel with its columns,means for associating therewith the other product, said associatedproduct having its columns at right angles to the columns of the productwith which it is assoproductsa fold on a line which is parallel with itscolumns, means for associating therewith the other product in anunfolded condition, said associated product having its columns at rightangles to the columns of the product with which itis associated, andmeans for folding the associated products, substantially as described.

7. The combination with means for forwarding a printed folded productconsisting of a plurality of plies, said plies having their columnsparallel with the line of fold, of means for associating therewith aprinted product consisting of a plurality of plies, said product havingits columns at right angles to the product with which it is associated,and means for folding the associated products, substantially asdescribed.

8. The combination with means for' forwarding a printed folded productconsisting of a plurality of plies, said product having its columnsparallel with the line of fold,.of means for associating therewith anunfolded printed product consisting of a plurality of plies, said prodnot having its columns at right angles to the product with which it isassociated, and means for folding the associated product, substantiallyas described.

9. The combination with means for forwarding a printed folded productconsisting of a plurality of plies, of means for giving said product afold parallel with its columns, means for associating therewith aprinted productconsisting of a plurality of plies, said product havingits columns at right angles to the columns of the product with which itis associated, and means for folding the associated products,substantially as described.

10. The combination with means for forwarding a printed folded productconsisting of a plurality of plies, of means for giving said product afold parallel with its columns, means for associating therewith anunfolded printed product consisting of a plurality of plies, saidunfolded product having its columns at right angles to the columns ofthe product with which it is associated, and means for folding theassociated products, substantially as described.

11. The combination with means for forwarding a printed product, ofmeans for forwarding a second printed product, the pages of the firstproduct being equal in size to a multiple of the pages of the secondproduct, means for folding the first product, means for associating thetwo products, so that the columns of one product are at right angles tothe columns of the other product, and means for folding the associatedproducts, substantially as described.

12. The combination with a printing mechanism adapted to produce twoprinted products, the pages of one product being equal in size to amultiple of the pages of the other product, means for folding theproduct having the larger pages, means for associating the two products,so that the columns of one shall be at right angles to the columns ofthe other, and means for folding the associated products, substantiallyas described.

13. The combination with means for forwarding a printed product havingits pages printed in sets of two, of means for forwarding a printedproduct having its pages printed in sets of four, means for associatingthe two products so that the columns of one product are at right anglesto the 'colu mns of the other product, and means for folding theassociated products, substantially as described.

14. The combination with means for forwarding a printed product havingits pages printed in sets of two, of means for forwarding a printedproduct having its pages printed in sets-of four, each set of two pagesbeing equal in size to each set of four pages, means for associating thetwo products so that the columns of one product are at rightangles tothe columns of the other product, and

- means for folding the associated products,

substantially as described.

15. The combination with means for forwarding a printed product havingits pages printed in sets of two, of means for forwarding a printedproduct having its pages printed in sets of four, means for convertingeach of the products into a multiple-ply product, means for associating.the two products, so that the columns of one product are at right anglesto the columns 'of the other product, and means for folding 'theassociated products, substantially as described.

16. The combination with means for forwarding a printed product havingits pages printed in sets of two, of means for forwarding a printedproduct havingits pages printed in sets of four, each set of two pagesbeing equal in size to each set of four pages, means for converting eachof the products into a multiple-ply product of the same size, means forassociating the two products so that the columns-of one product are atright angles to the columns of the other product, and means for foldingthe associated products, substantially as described.

17. In a printing-machine, the combination with a printing mechanismadapted to produce two printed products, one product having its pagesprinted in sets of two and the other product having itspages printed insets of four, means for converting each of the products into amultiple-ply product, means for associating the two products so that thecolumns of one product are at right angles to the columns of the otherproduct, and means for folding the associated products, substantially asdescribed.

18. In a printing-machine, the combination with a printing mechanismadapted to produce two printed products, one product having its pagesprinted in sets of two and the other product having its pages printed insets of four, each set of two pages being equal in size to each set offour pages, means for converting each of the products into a multipleplyproduct of the same size, means for associating the two products so thatthecolumns of one product are at right angles to the columns of theother product, and means for folding the associated products,substantially as described.

19. The combination with means for forwarding a printed product havingits pages printed in sets of two, of means for forwardinga printedproduct havingits pages printed in sets of four, means for giving thetwo-page product a fold at right angles to its line of travel, means forassociating therewith the four-page product with its columns at rightangles to the columns of said two-page product, and means for foldingthe associated products, substantially as described.

20. The combination with means for forwarding a printed product havingits pages printed in sets of two, of means for forwardinga printedproduct havingits pages printed in sets of four, each set of two pagesbeing equal in size to each set of four pages, means for giving thetwo-page product a fold at right angles to its line of travel, means forassociating therewith the four-page product with its columns at rightangles to the columns of the two-page product, and means for folding theassociated products, substantially as described.

21. The combination with means for forwarding a printed product havingits pages printed in sets of two, of means for forwarding aprintedproduct havingits pages printed in sets of four, means for giving thetwopage product a fold at right angles to its line of travel, means forassociating therewith in an unfolded condition the four-page productwith its columns at right angles to the columns ot' the two-pageproduct, and means for folding the associated products, substantially asdescribed.

22. The combination with means for for warding a printed product havingits pages printed in sets of two, of means for forwarding a printedproduct havingits pages printed in sets of four, each set of two pagesbeing equal .in size to each set of four pages, means for giving thetwo-page product a fold at right angles to its line of travel, means forassociating therewith in an unfolded condition the four-page productwith its columns at right angles to the columns of the two-page product,and means for folding the associated products, substantially asdescribed.

23. In a printing-machine,the combination with a printingmechanismadapted to produce two printed products, one of said products having itscolumns at right angles to the columns of the other product, of meansfor giving one of said products a fold on a line which is parallel withits columns, means for associating therewith the other product, saidassociated product having its columns at right angles to the columns ofthe product with which it is associated, and means for folding theassociated products, substantially as described.

24. In a printing-machine,the combination with a printing mechanismadapted to pro duce two printed products, one of said products havingits columns at right angles to the columns of the other product, ofmeans for giving one of said products a fold on a line which is parallelwith its columns, means for associating therewith the other product inan unfolded condition, said associated product having its columns atright angles to the columns of the product with which it is associated,and means for folding the associated products, substantially asdescribed.

25. In a printing-machine,the combination with a printing mechanismadapted to produce a printed product having its pages printed in sets oftwo, and a printed product having its pages printed in sets of four, ofmeans for associating the products so that the columns of one productare at right angles to the columns of the other product, and means forfolding the associated products,substantially as described.

26. In a printing-machine,the combination with a printing mechanismadapted to produce a printed producthaving its pages printed in sets oftwo, and a printed product having its pages printed in sets of four, ofmeans for giving the two-page product a fold on a line which is parallelwith its columns, means for associatingthe four-page producttherewithwith its columns at right angles to the columns of the two-page product,and means for folding the associated products, substantially asdescribed.

27. In a printing-machine, the combination with a printing mechanismadapted to produce a printed product having its pages printed in sets oftwo, and a printed product havingits pages printed in sets of four, ofmeans for giving the two-page product a fold on a line which is parallelwithits columns, means for associating the four-page product therewithin an unfolded condition with its col- 11 ms at rightangles to thecolumns of the twopage product, and means for folding the associatedproducts, substantially as described.

28. In aprinting-machine, the combination with a printing mechanismadapted to produce a printed product having its pages printwith aprinting mechanism adapted to producea printed product having its pagesprinted in sets of two, of a printing mechanism adapted to produce aprinted product having its pages printed in sets of four, each set oftwo pages being equal in size to each set of four pages, means forgiving the two-page product a fold on a line which is parallel with itscolumns, means for associating therewith the four-page product with itscolumns at right angles to the columns of the two-page product, andmeans for folding the associated products, substantially as described.

30. In a printing-machine, the combination with a printing mechanismadapted to produce a printed product having its pages printed in sets oftwo, of a printing mechanism adapted to produce a printed product havingits pages printed in sets of four, means for giving the two-page producta fold on a line which is parallel with its columns, means forassociating therewith in an unfolded condition the four-page productwith its columns at right angles to the colu mns of the two-pageproduct, and means for folding the associated products, substantially asdescribed.

31. In aprinting-machine, the combination with a printing mechanismadapted to produce a printed product having its pages printed in sets oftwo, of a printing mechanism adapted to produce a printed product havingits pages printed in sets of four, each set of two pages being equal insize to each set of four pages, means for giving the two-page product afold on a line which is parallel with its columns, means for associatingtherewith in an unfolded condition the four-page product with itscolumns at right angles to the columns of the two-page product, andmeans for folding the associated products, substantially as described.

32. The combination with means for superposing a plurality of webs, eachweb having pages printed thereon in sets of two, of means for cuttingsheets therefrom, means for folding said sheets, means for superposing aplurality of other webs, means for cutting sheets therefrom, means forassociating said sheets in an unfolded condition with the foldedprodnot, so that the columns of the sheets are at right angles to thecolumns of the folded product, and means for folding the associatedproducts, substantially as described.

33. The combination with means for su perposing a plurality of webs,each web having pages printed thereon in sets of two, of means forcutting sheets therefrom, means for folding said sheets, means forforwarding a plurality of other webs, means for applying a line of pastebetween said last-mentioned webs and longitudinally thereof, means forcutting sheets from these Webs, meansfor associating said sheets withthe folded product so that the columns of the sheets are at right anglesto the columns of the folded product, and means for folding theassociated products,substantially as described. V

34. The combination with means for superposing a plurality of webs, eachweb having pages printed thereon in sets of two, of means for cuttingsheetstherefrom, means for folding said sheets, means for forwarding aplurality of other webs having pages printed theron, means for applyinga line of paste between said last-mentioned Webs and longitudinallythereof, means for applying a line of paste to one of said webslongitudinally thereof and between every alternate set of pages, meansfor cutting sheets from said webs, means for collecting said sheets,means for associating the collected sheets with the folded product, andmeans for folding the associated products, substantially as described.

35. In a printingmachine, the combination with a printing-couple adaptedto print pages in sets of two on a double-wide web, of a printing-coupleadapted to print pages in sets of four on a double-wide web, means forslitting and superposingthe two-page web,means for cutting sheetstherefrom, means forfolding the sheets, means for slitting andsuperposing the four-page web, means for cutting sheets therefrom, meansfor associating said sheets with the folded product from the twopage webwith the columns 'of the sheets at right angles to the columns of thefolded prod uct,'an'd means for folding the associated products,substantially as described.

36. In a printing-machine, the combination with a printing-coupleadapted to print pages in sets of two on a double-wide web, of aprinting-couple adapted to print pages in sets of fouron a double-wideweb, means for slitting and superposing the two-page web, means forcutting sheets therefrom, means for folding the sheets, means forslitting the four-page web, means for applying a line of pastelongitudinally between the two parts of the web thus formed, means forcutting sheets therefrom, means for associating said sheets with thefolded product from the two-page web, the columns of the sheets being atright angles to the columns of the folded product, and means for foldingthe associated products, substantially as described.

37. In aprinting-ma'chine, the combination with a printing-coupleadapted to print pages in sets of two on adouble-wide web, of aprinting-couple adapted to print pages in sets of four on a double-wideweb, means for slitting and superposing the two-page web, means forcutting sheets therefrom, means for folding the sheets, means forslitting the four-page Web, means for applying a longitudinal line of ofpaste between the parts of the web thus formed,means forapplyingalongit-udinal line of paste to one of said parts of the web andbetween every alternate set of pages, means for cutting sheets from saidweb,means for collecting said sheets, means for associating thecollected sheets with the folded prod. not from the two-page web, sothat the columns of the collected sheets are at right angles to thecolumns of the folded product, and means for folding the associatedproducts,substantially as described.

. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my'hand in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS M. NORTH.

Witnesses:

F. W. H. CRANE, L. Roman.

